printf with std::string?

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My understanding is that string is a member of the std namespace, so why does the following occur?

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    using namespace std;

    string myString = "Press ENTER to quit program!";
    cout << "Come up and C++ me some time." << endl;
    printf("Follow this command: %s", myString);
    cin.get();

    return 0;
}

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Each time the program runs, myString prints a seemingly random string of 3 characters, such as in the output above.

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